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Beverlee J. McClure has been selected as the new president and CEO of the Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico (ACI).

She replaces John Carey, who announced in April that he was retiring. McClure has served as the cabinet secretary of higher education since the Higher Education Department was created by Gov. Bill Richardson and the Legislature in 2005. She will leave the state post in June.

McClure led a statewide effort to develop the new department's public agenda for higher education. She also secured funding for student aid, worked to address student access and success in college, and coordinated higher education initiatives with business leaders around the state.

She served for nearly seven years as president of Clovis Community College and while there, chaired the base realignment regional hearing committee. She led the effort to position the college as a Title V Hispanic-serving institution. She also worked with local officials to recruit a cheese plant and call center to the region.

McClure has worked for R.J.R. Nabisco in Denison, Texas. She is a former member of the ACI board of directors and is a graduate of Leadership New Mexico.

Richardson says he looks forward to working with McClure in her new role.

"Together we will strengthen the ties between economic development and education," he said in a prepared statement.

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